Energy and Radiation
India and Saudi Arabia
Courtesy NASA
Solar radiation is the source of energy that drives most environmental processes acting
at the surface of the Earth. The spatial variation of energy affects the spatial
variation of temperature, wind, and moisture which determine the geography of
soils, vegetation, climate and landforms. The awesome power of
hurricanes is driven by the heating of water and subsequent heat release
during condensation. Unequal heating of the Earth's surface creates wind
that heaps sand into great dunes.
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